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BRUXELLES — Le pape venait de mourir. Et Teresa Ribera était en deuil — pas seulement de l’homme. Le pape François a incarné une époque où le rêve de Teresa Ribera d’un monde plus vert, façonné par des institutions internationales puissantes et des avis scientifiques, semblait enfin se concrétiser. Dix ans se sont écoulés depuis les moments les plus forts pour Teresa Ribera : 2015, l’année qui a vu l’élaboration de l’Accord de Paris sur le changement climatique et la proclamation du pape qui a plaidé moralement en faveur de l’action environnementale. A la mort de François, en avril, l’Espagnole…
Former EU high representative Josep Borrell on Thursday accused the European Commission and European Council of failing to act over crimes committed by U.S. mercenaries in Gaza.“In just one month, U.S. mercenaries have killed 550 Palestinians who were trying to get food at the distribution points designated by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. This is horrifying, yet the @EU_Commission and @EUCouncil still haven’t taken any action against these criminal acts,” Borrell wrote in a post on X.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GFH) — a food aid organization backed by the U.S. and Israel — has drawn criticism over shootings of civilians…
The European Commission has launched a review of its digital competition rules for Big Tech and is seeking views on how the regulation has worked to date and whether it needs to be reformed. The Digital Markets Act fully came into effect in the Spring of 2024 and includes a list of do’s and don’ts for the six Big Tech companies that fall under its scope: Meta, Google, Alphabet, Apple, ByteDance and Amazon. The law, which is intended to ensure competition within a tech sector dominated by global giants, has become heavily politicized in recent months, with the U.S. administration…
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Ukraine, Iran and other issues on Thursday in a “frank and constructive” phone call, the Kremlin said, in their sixth publicly disclosed talk since Trump returned to the White House.On the war in Ukraine, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said Trump emphasised his push for a quick halt to the fighting, and Putin voiced Moscow’s readiness to pursue talks with Kyiv, noting the previous rounds in Turkey yielded humanitarian results.At the same time, the Russian leader said Moscow will seek to achieve its goals in Ukraine and remove the “root…
Frederiksen’s comments come after the White House confirmed earlier this week that the U.S. would stop sending air defense missiles and some precision munitions to Ukraine, corroborating a report by POLITICO. Denmark is one of Ukraine’s strongest backers, having contributed nearly €10 billion in military and civilian support since Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion, and Frederiksen has been one of the loudest voices in the EU calling to maintain the pressure on Russia. “If there are any gaps [left by the U.S.], I personally believe that we should be willing to fill them,” she added. Speaking minutes later at…
Published on 03/07/2025 – 16:55 GMT+2•Updated 17:45Following the news of Portugal and Liverpool FC winger Diogo Jota’s tragic passing in a car accident overnight on Thursday, the initial shock was followed by increasing demands from the fans to retire his number 20 jersey amid mourning over his loss.The diminutive Portuguese ace has died in a crash on the Spanish A-52 highway near Sanabria in the province of Zamora, after a tyre on his Lamborghini Urus SUV blew out while overtaking another vehicle. Jota’s vehicle veered off the road and caught on fire, according to authorities and media reports. The Portuguese…
By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 03/07/2025 – 19:33 GMT+2Firefighters in Greece raced on Thursday to contain wildfires that forced thousands to flee holiday resorts on the southern island of Crete, while neighbouring Turkey grappled with its own deadly blazes that claimed at least one life.More than 5,000 tourists, hotel workers and residents were evacuated from the Ierapetra area along Crete’s southern coast, authorities and hotel association officials said.A small number of people fled into the sea and were rescued by local fishermen and divers.Ierapetra Mayor Manolis Frangoulis said firefighters were working to prevent flare-ups before nightfall, when water-dropping helicopters are grounded.”The…
AARHUS, Denmark — The European Union wants to strike a trade deal in principle with the United States in time for next week’s deadline that would be along the lines of the agreement London struck with Washington, Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. “Indeed what we are aiming at is an agreement in principle,” the European Commission president told a news conference on a visit to Denmark. “That is also what the U.K. did.” However, a detailed agreement was “impossible” in this time frame due to the volume and complexity of EU-U.S. trade, she added. EU Trade Commissioner Maroš…
Published on 03/07/2025 – 17:45 GMT+2As Moldova prepares to host a pivotal bilateral summit with the European Union this Friday in Chișinău, President Maia Sandu and her pro-European government are making a concerted push to accelerate the country’s accession to the EU – potentially outpacing neighbouring Ukraine.Despite repeated hybrid attacks from Russia and economic headwinds, Moldova is eager to present its recent progress in aligning with EU standards as grounds for decoupling its enlargement track from Ukraine’s. But Brussels remains cautious.A source within the Danish EU rotating presidency told Euronews that “the decoupling of the enlargement process between Moldova and…
Der Koalitionsausschuss hat entschieden – und nicht alle sind zufrieden: Die Mütterrente wird ab 2027 eingeführt, doch die versprochene Stromsteuersenkung für alle bleibt aus. Rasmus Buchsteiner erklärt, warum das Kanzleramt nun mit verteilten Rollen in Erklärungsnot gerät. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und Einordnungen. Hier gibt es alle Informationen und das kostenlose Playbook-Abo. Mehr von Berlin Playbook-Host und Executive Editor von POLITICO…